I've been wandering around Manhattan with a newly-purchased 100/2.8,
and have to say that I like it quite a lot. I think I'm still
jonesing for an 85/2, but the 100 is very very nice for the urban
juxtaposition stuff I wish I could get right -- it frames very
tightly and lets me lose the usual distracting foregrounds of cartops
and mailboxes etc. It also bids fair to be a great portrait lens. (See
if I still think that when the first couple rolls come back.)
Also just blew a roll on the OM-1 back from CLA at Camtech. Golly.
It's going to take a while to go back to basics and forget the
illusory extra control that the spotmeter in the 2s gives me, but I
love the feel of this camera! It's in perfect running order now, the
film advance is a kinesthetic joy, and the discreet "k'thik" of the
shutter is so much cleaner than the 2s sound -- it's
hard to describe, but just very sweet. Thanks, John!
(next on my to-get-fixed list: the aperture ring from hell on a 24/2.8. Only
problem is the lens is one of my favorites, so the idea of sending it
away for any length of time...)
<end blather>
paul
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